Naupactus: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 71 - 165 Nafs Hotel
 Just 300m from the Venetian port, on the beach of Psani, a stone’s throw from the commercial centre, Nafs Hotel inspired from the elements of nature… MoreEUR 55 - 80 Ilion Hotel
 Ilion Hotel is amphitheatrically positioned near the Venetian Castle of Nafpaktos, enjoying great views of the town and the Corinthian bay. The hotel … MoreEUR 70 - 105 Flisvos
 Enjoying breathtaking views of the Corinthian Gulf and the suspended bridge of Rio-Antirio, Hotel Flisvos offers 24-hour front desk service very close… MoreEUR 75 - 160 Arhontiko Pepos
 The boutique hotel Arhontiko Pepos is located in the centre of Nafpaktos. It offers uniquely styled, rustic rooms dressed with handmade touches and so… MoreEUR 36 - 150 Akti
 Overlooking Gribovo beach, beside the walls of Nafpaktos’ Venetian castle, hotel Akti in Nafpaktos it offers a mountain or seaside break with free i… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naupactus: Guide
Naupactus or Nafpaktos (Latin: Naupactus or Naupactos; Turkish: İnebahtı; Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Lepanto; modern Greek, Ναύπακτος, rarely Epakto), is a town in the GR-5/E55, E of Messolonghi and SE of Agrinio. The Mornos river is a few kilometres ENE which is also the prefectural boundary with Phokida. Naupactus is an episcopal see. In Greek legend it appears as the place where the Heraclidae built a fleet to invade the Peloponnesus.
History
In historical times it belonged to the Ozolian Locris|Ozolian Locrians; but about 455 BC, in spite of a partial resettlement with Locrians of Opus, Greece|Opus, it Battle of Naupactus (429 BC)|fell to the Ancient Athens|Athenians, who peopled it with Messenian refugees and made it their chief naval station in western Greece during the Peloponnesian war. Two major battles were fought at this location. In 404 BC|404 it was restored to the Locrians, who subsequently lost it to the Achaeans, but recovered it through Epaminondas.
Philip II of Macedon gave Naupactus to the Aetolians, who held it till 191 BC, when after an obstinate siege it was surrendered to the Roman Republic|Romans. It was still flourishing about 170, but in Justinian I's reign was destroyed by an earthquake. It was again destroyed by earthquakes in 553 and in the 8th century and so on. In the Middle Ages it fell into the hands of the Republic of Venice|Venetians, who fortified it so strongly that in 1477 it successfully resisted a four month's siege by a Ottoman Empire|Turkish army thirty thousand strong; in 1499, however, it was taken by Beyazid II. The mouth of the Gulf of Lepanto was the scene of the great sea fight in which the naval power of the Ottoman Empire was nearly completely destroyed by the united papal, Spanish, Habsburg and Venetian forces (Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571). In 1678 it was recaptured by the Venetians, but was again restored in 1699, by the treaty of Karlowitz to the Ottomans; in the war of independence it finally became Greek once more (March 1829).
Residents
The town has schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, churches, banks, a post office, a beach, and a square (plateia) located next to the Gulf of Corinth. Residential houses are lined up with the highway.
Today it has about 10,000 people. Residential homes align with the Gulf of Corinth and has a width of about 3 km. It sits on a shoulder of a mountain range of the north while farmlands dominate the western part. The climate is one of the best in Greece. It used to be passed by GR-48/E65 linking Antirrio and Amfissa now it is bypassed to the north at the elevation of 150 to 200 m above sea level. The area isn't forested out of town. The villages are founded around Naupactus in the northeast.
The municipality is mainly made up of mountains while much of the fertile land is within the Gulf of Corinth.
In 1990, construction of a bypass of Naupactus began but when it was finally paved, the opening was delayed for eight years. However, it had to be partly reconstructed due to errors on the previous construction and as of late 2004. Finally it has opened in July 2006.
Nearest places
Antirrio (west)
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Nafpaktos TV, formerly Lepanto
Communities of Aetolia-Acarnania
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Skala (northeast): A small village three minutes outside of the core of Naupactus which overlooks the Gulf of Corinth.Historical population
Communications
List of Greek language television channels|Television
Lychnos - religiousExternal links
http://www.nafpaktos.com
http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~politop/nafpak.html
http://www.ehistory.com/world/BattleView.cfm?BID=416 - in ehistory.com
http://www.videonet.gr/castle-naupactos.htm
http://www.greek-tourism.gr/nafpaktos/history.htm (in Greek)
West: Antirio
Naupactus
East:
South: Gulf of Corinth
See also